Curl your cynical lip if you want, but there's a place for heartwarming, life-affirming, even weepy dramas.
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11/08/07
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:36
Rotten:15
Average Rating:6.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 48 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A terrible horseback riding accident has left 14-year-old Grace MacLean (Scarlett Johansson) emotionally and physically scarred for life, and has left her prized horse, Pilgrim, permanently... [More]
Starring: Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Scarlett Johansson
Director: Robert Redford
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Reviews for The Horse Whisperer
Though a bit overlong at nearly three hours and with a curiously unsatisfying ending, The Horse Whisperer nonetheless taps into the spirit of the characters and their noble mounts.
01/01/00
...beautiful-looking and emotionally absorbing...
01/01/00
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03/24/02
It's a film-maker's love letter to himself.
06/24/06
We are not talking postmodern or even modern here, but the best kind of old-fashioned.
04/27/07
Top CriticEvans' original story, as well as Redford's pro-Earth campaign, are lost in unending travelogue-like vistas of distant horizons, majestic mountain peaks and dazzling sunsets.
01/01/00
The Horse Whisperer is a calculated heart-tugging machine, as soulless and efficient in its own way as Twister or Independence Day; instead of a 'thrill-ride,' it's a trip through the tunnel of love.
06/05/02
Yee haw! Turn off your brain before you watch it.
01/01/00
The Horse Whisperer is deeply respectful of its subject matter.
01/01/00
What works in The Horse Whisperer works VERY well.
01/01/00
That rare kind of movie: it looks good, it feels good, and by golly it does you good.
01/01/00
Robert Redford is one of those unquenchable movie stars who look ever more fascinating as they mature. His new drama, The Horse Whisperer, shows him at his rugged best.
01/01/00
This spectacularly acted and photographed epic offers plenty of mainstream fodder for a broad swath of filmgoers to enjoy.
01/01/00
In a film as benign and forgiving as The Horse Whisperer, it's only fair to forgive Redford for showing a little bit of vanity. He deserves it.
01/01/00
Tutors us in the art of slowing down, being present, and quieting the heart.
03/02/02
You come away from the movie with a more visceral understanding of why Kevin Bacon and Peter Fonda spend most of their time on their Montana ranches and why Redford would choose to live in Utah.
01/01/00
A film as rich in its visual presentation as it is in its emotional resonance.
01/01/00
Top CriticRedford is obviously a romantic at heart, and he brings a light touch to the erotic moments in the film.
02/27/01
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